TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE


Meaning of TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1985

: any of a class of genes (as p53) that act in normal cells to inhibit unrestrained cell division and that when inactivated (as by mutation) place the cell at increased risk for malignant proliferation

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.